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Webster 1913 Edition


Sweaty

Sweat′y

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Sweatier
;
sup
erl.
Sweatiest
.]
1.
Moist with sweat;
as, a
sweaty
skin; a
sweaty
garment.
2.
Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat.
No noisome whiffs or
sweaty
streams.
Swift.
3.
Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult.
“The sweaty forge.”
Prior.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sweaty

SWEAT'Y

,
Adj.
Moist with sweat; as a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment.
1.
Consisting of sweat.
No noisy whiffs or sweaty streams.
2.
Laborious; toilsome; as the sweaty forge.

Definition 2024


sweaty

sweaty

English

Adjective

sweaty (comparative sweatier, superlative sweatiest)

  1. Covered in sweat.
    You never worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were - The Catcher in the Rye
  2. Having a tendency to sweat.
  3. Likely to cause one to sweat.
    it was a hot and sweaty day

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